Lyrics
(Native American folk song, Pawnee)
Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi,
Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi,
Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi,
Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi,
Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi,
Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi.
Translation Notes
Most of the lyrics are vocables with no meaning, except for the Pawnee word for “wren.” (source) This website lists “caktákiriʾ” as the Pawnee word for “wren.”
See also
- Culture: Native American
- Subject: birds
- Harmony: one chord (i)
- Melody: repeated tones
- Meter: 3
- Source: Indian Story and Song from North America, Alice Cunningham Fletcher, 1900
- Native American wren mythology
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
